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© 2015 AMPO • 444 North Capitol Street NW, Suite 345 • Washington, DC 20001 • tel: 202.624.3680 • fax: 202.624.3685
Washington Update
MAP-21 Reauthorization, Highway Trust Funds and Related Transportation Issues
Federal Update MAP-21
Reauthorization
Highway Trust Fund (HTF)
AMPO MAP-21 Recommendations
GROW America
USDOT MAP-21 Rulemaking
Outlook
MAP-21 Reauthorization• Program authorizations expire May 31, 2015
• Senate & House Infrastructure Committees
– Hearings, drafting
• Senate & House Revenue Committee
– Discussion revenue options
• House & Senate Budget Committees
– Both budgets establish “reserve funds” that would allow spending to
be increased if the revenue is found
• President/USDOT
– GROW America - $478B, 6 year bill
– 14% tax on foreign earnings of US companies
Highway Trust Fund - Revenue• July 2014- Congress transfers $11B from general fund
to HTF to support current spending levels through May 31, 2015
• HTF receives $40B annually in revenue and interest
• MAP-21 spends roughly $53B annually
• $13B+ annual funding gap to maintain current spending levels
Revenue for the HTF• Where is the revenue?
Stand alone gas tax increase?
VMT fee?
Comprehensive tax overhaul with a gas tax
increase?
Devolution to the states?
Additional general fund transfers?
Unlikely
Unlikely
Unlikely
Unlikely
Likely
AMPO ReauthorizationGeneral Recommendations
• Address long term health of the HTF – keep all options on the table
• At minimum, maintain current funding plus inflation
• Pass a 6-year reauthorization bill – provide predictability and certainty in funding and policy
AMPO Reauthorization Recommendations
• Empower MPOs
– Increase Surface Transportation Program (STP)
sub allocation percentage to MPOs
– Sub allocate Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality
(CMAQ)
– Increase Planning (PL) funding
• Include MPOs in decisions for designations of urban
freight corridors
U.S. DOT – GROW America Proposal• $478 billion, 6-year bill
– $317b for highways
– $115b for transit
• New Programs– New $13.4 billion Critical Immediate Investments
– New $10 billion Multimodal Freight Investments MPOs required to be on State advisory committees MPOs eligible applicants under grant program
– $2 billion Fixing & Accelerating Surface Transportation (FAST) competitive grants
• $1.25 billion TIGER
U.S. DOT GROW America MPO Provisions• Secretary may designate an MPO as a “High
Performing” MPO & grant additional STP funds
• $70 million pilot program for MPOs 1+ million in population to improve transportation connectivity to disadvantaged Americans and neighborhoods with limited options
• Requires MPOs to offer a higher degree of public participation
Looking Ahead: MAP-21 Reauthorization• Staff does not anticipate major policy shifts
• USDOT completion of performance measure rules
• No changes in apportionment formulas
• Freight program with funding is possible
• Continue improving project delivery
MAP-21 Rulemaking/Implementation• AMPO/AASHTO Joint Comments on Proposed National Ambient
Air Quality Standards for Ozone (3/17/15)
• AMPO Comments on Additional Authorities for Planning and Environmental Linkages (11/10/14)
• AMPO/NARC Joint Comments Statewide and Non-Metropolitan, Metropolitan Transportation Planning (10/2/14)
• AMPO Comments Statewide and Non-Metropolitan, Metropolitan Transportation Planning (9/2/14)
• AMPO Comments Highway Safety Improvement Program NPRM (6/25/14)
MAP-21 Rulemaking/Implementation (continued)• AMPO Comments on the Draft Designation of the Primary Freight
Network (1/11/14)
• AMPO Comments on CMAQ Interim Guidance (1/11/14)
• AMPO Comments on FTA ANPRM, National Public Transportation Safety Plan, the Public Transportation Agency Safety Plan, the Public Transportation Safety Certification Training Program; Transit Asset Management (12/31/13)
• AMPO Comments FTA-FHWA Transit Rep Guidance (10/30/13)
Outlook:Next Congress Transportation
•Likely MAP-21 Extension after May 31
•The key to reauthorization is the revenue decision
Rule Dates
Highway Safety Program Grants Comment Period Closed
FTA ANPRM* (Rule 60) Comment Period Closed
CMAQ Program Interim Guidance Comment Period Closed
Safety Performance Measure (Rule 26) Comment Period Closed
Highway Safety Improvement Program (Rule 30)**60 day comment period.
Comment Period Closed
FHWA/FTA Metropolitan and Statewide Planning (Rule 27 & 61) Comment Period Closed
CMAQ Weighting Factors (Rule 33) Comment Period Closed
Planning and Environmental Linkage (supplemental to Planning NPRM)
Comment Period Closed
Pavement/Bridge Performance Measure (Rule 28) Comments Due May 8
Asset Management Plan (Rule 32)**60 day comment period.
Comments Due April 21
System Performance Measure (Rule 29) Release: September 2015*
NPRMs’ Schedule
Thank You
DeLania Hardy – 202.624.3684
Levon Boyagian – 202.624.3681